Nanumanga
Nanumanga or Nanumaga is a reef island and a district of the Oceanian island nation of Tuvalu. It has a surface area of about 3 km2 with a population of 391 (2022 census).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nanumanga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Reef Island
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nanumanga.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- NASA Landsat visible color image
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tuvalu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tuvalu
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Tuvalu
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.78
- Settlement.population_total
- 391
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- Politics
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- Notable residents
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Nanumanga or Nanumaga is a reef island and a district of the Oceanian island nation of Tuvalu. It has a surface area of about 3 km2 with a population of 391 (2022 census).
==History== On 9 May 1824 a French government expedition under Captain Louis Isidore Duperrey of the ship La Coquille sighted Nanumaga.